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Accordingly, the Department’s position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated. And although the Constitution requires dismissal in this context, consistent with the temporary nature of the immunity afforded a sitting President, it does not require dismissal with prejudice,
Smith wrote
The Government has moved to dismiss the Superseding Indictment without prejudice,
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a decision
These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party's fight against their Political Opponent, ME. Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before."
On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump posted in part
This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant,
prosecutors wrote in the filing
I think what was very clear is that people voted for Donald Trump because they thought that he was going to improve the lives of the middle class, and perhaps in addition that he would secure the border,
Goldman said
If Donald J Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison. These prosecutions were always political. Now it’s time to ensure what happened to President Trump never happens in this country again.”
Vance said‘No ... No one is above the law’ is a great slogan,
added Gonell, who suffered injuries to his hands, shoulder, calf and foot, as well as psychological trauma, in the Capitol attackIt establishes that Donald Trump is above the law,
Goldman told CNN
Mission accomplished. He ran for [president] to stay out of jail, and here we are.”
The writer Tom Nichols, a conservative Trump critic, summed upIt was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON,
he addedJack Smith-your losing joke of an indictment didn’t have a chance in hell to begin with as SCOTUS made clear,
former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner wrote
Will Jack Smith reimburse taxpayers for the millions wasted on this bogus witch hunt he just dropped?"
Trump lawyer Alina Habba wroteIt was all a political witch hunt to interfere with our elections!!
Libs of TikTok wrote of the dismissal
Jack Smith failed miserably, but did grave damage to our justice system and sought to sabotage our election system,
Fox Business host Mark Levin wroteThis is a MASSIVE WIN for the rule of law,
Trump's campaign wroteAfter careful consideration, the Department has determined that OLC’s prior opinions concerning the Constitution’s prohibition on federal indictment and prosecution of a sitting President apply to this situation and that as a result this prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated."
Smith's team said in a statement
That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,
the prosecutors wrote in Monday’s court filing
As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant, Donald J. Trump, will be inaugurated as President on January 20, 2025,
Smith's motion said
The (Justice) Department’s position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,
Smith wrote in a six-page filing with the US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, DC, regarding the election subversion case
Today’s decision by the DOJ ends the unconstitutional federal cases against President Trump, and is a major victory for the rule of law. The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system,
Cheung wrote